Originally Posted by
FullWings
That applies generically to every instrument approach: don’t fly below hard altitudes at fixes. If it is coded correctly in the database, then the automation (monitored) should respect these altitudes; if you’re using basic modes you make sure you cross these fixes at or above. Why should this particular NPA be “special” and what’s the proposed difference in technique between flying this and a VOR/DME anywhere else?
Flying the approach conventionally without the FMS, at DME fixes you sometimes land up high or low and then correct the descent for the next DME. In this procedure the DME fixes are hard safety altitudes you cannot go below. So you will have treat them as minimums and that cannot be progressively done all the way to the lowest minimum of 2.8DME. so if the fixes are not coded in the FMS then the highest minimum will apply whether you use the FMS or fly with manual vertical guidance.